Paul Sexton

The late comic fantasy genius persuaded his favourite band to adapt 2006’s Wintersmith for folk rock, and both parties were delighted with the result

2014 title featured another outing for Gerald Bostock, and indulged the band leader’s passion for being an “amateur flute player”

Dispelling some of the myths surrounding his departure, the driving force of the formative days shares his theory on how the band might have collapsed anyway

Simon Nicol reflects on how British folk prog pioneers Fairport Convention took a career path rather than a short cut to temporary success

Maddy Prior on building on the bedrock of traditional music - and knowing how far to take it

“To me, the prog bands were Camel or something… who could play tons of solos, very musical and with lots of different time signatures. I’m not sure my stuff qualifies for that”

Steve Hackett corralled some of the biggest names in modern prog to re-interpret classic Genesis songs for Genesis Revisited II.

Strawbs mainman Dave Cousins discusses the band's 22nd album, 2021's Settlement

In 1978 UK proggers Renaissance found themselves in the UK Top 10 with this track from their album A Song For All Seasons

The story of Ashley Hutchings is the story of modern-day folk music. He founded Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span and The Albion Band, and tells Prog about the prog spirit that fuels him.

Jim Capaldi made wonderful music with Traffic, and on a run of seriously star-studded solo albums

While at Abbey Road, Alan Parsons worked his magic on everyone from Pink Floyd to Al Stewart and The Beatles, then came out from behind the mixing desk to form The Alan Parsons Project.

Those characteristic talkbox echoes can only mean one thing: Peter Frampton, the ‘Face of ’68’ and a main ingredient in Humble Pie. In 1976 he came alive with a live-album monster

The 50th anniversary of their debut may be approaching, showed Procol Harum weren’t slowing down. Prog caught up with frontman, the late Gary Brooker, and new lyricist Pete Brown to find out more

Pastoral folk meets psychedelic rock in the cosmic sounds of Galley Beggar, who have managed to bewitch both prog fans and heavy metal heads alike with their mesmerising music

On their 23rd studio album, Steeleye Span mine the dark depths of English folk, while giving the treasures they unearth a 21st-century polish

Inspired by the raw, extreme power of nature, Wolf People’s new album strips away their folky origins in favour of heavy riffs and a post-apocalyptic concept. Jack Sharp tells Prog more.